Meaning Vers libre
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Vers libre


A French phrase meaning “free verse.”
Source: poetryfoundation.org

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Vers libre


1902, from French, literally "free verse," lines of varying length. I remarked some years ago, in speaking of vers libre, that 'no vers is libre for the man who wants to do a good job.& [..]
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Vers libre


{revision in progress} free verse Victorian:
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Vers libre


Revolt against the formal constraints of classical French prosody. Occurring in the final years of the 19th century - vers libre abandoned traditional metre and rhyme schemes in favour of natura [..]
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